UEFA to attend FIFA congress and back Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein

UEFA president Michel Platini has also not ruled out the possibility of a World Cup boycott by UEFA members if Sepp Blatter is re-elected as FIFA president.

The European football body had called for Friday's congress, when voting for the FIFA presidential election will take place, to be postponed after Swiss authorities arrested several top FIFA officials on Wednesday relating to federal corruption charges.

Platini added at a news conference on Thursday that a large majority of UEFA member nations will vote for Prince Ali and admitted that, if the 79-year-old Blatter were to win a fifth term in office, UEFA would have some tough decisions to make when its members meet again in Berlin next week before the Champions League final.

Asked if a boycott of FIFA competitions was a possibility, Platini said: "UEFA associations will meet in Berlin next week. We will be open to all options."

Pressed further on the prospect of a World Cup boycott, Platini added: "There may be proposals. I honestly don't wish that."

The Asian Football Confederation, meanwhile, says it still supports Blatter's bid for another term as FIFA president, and opposes any move to delay Friday's scheduled elections in the wake of a string of corruption arrests of some of the federation's top officials.

In a statement on its website, the AFC expressed its "disappointment and sadness" at Wednesday's events but also said it "reiterates its decision taken at the AFC Congress in Sao Paulo in 2014 ... to support FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter."

Just come out of UEFA meeting. The election will go ahead. UEFA will get behind @AliBinAlHussein and there will be speeches on this tomorrow